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russia pledges to continue use and to aircraft missile supplies to syria viewing it's a stabilizing factor this as it ands its arms embargo opening the way for direct lethal aid to the rebels. extremist preachers and expanded powers for the security services amid growing criticism of m i five failure to prevent the brutal killing of a soldier. and egypt two years since the uprising street violence spirals with official encouraging citizens to arrest criminals resulting in brutal vigilante justice.
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which in r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. now moscow has voiced its disappointment and a use decision to hand the syria arms embargo it said sending weapons to the syrian rebels could hamper planned peace talks in geneva let's not get more details on this from artesian thomas so sean tell us what's russia's reaction to the e.u. move. the deputy foreign minister has said that russia will deliver the s. three hundred anti-missile defense system to syria under old existing contracts but what's really important here is that they say that this is actually a stabilizing factor in the syrian conflict preventing a hotheads and foreign forces from using force in syria now russia's president's office as well as the foreign ministry of expressed a disappointment as you mentioned in the decision for the e.u.
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to allow the arms embargo to expire on friday allowing the way for arms to go to the rebels from different independent countries within the european union now the decision to allow these old contracts to be fulfilled by russia is seen as controversial in the foreign world in the international community because it's basically seen as arming the assad regime this is something that russia disagrees with they say that is basically fulfilling old contracts and that they are not taking sides in this contract moscow has even said that this will hamper diplomacy efforts and in fact john kerry the u.s. secretary of state has been meeting with that lavrov trying to make sure that these diplomacy efforts go through but they are saying that this is a disappointment that this is a double standard policy which directly. damages the prospects of an international peace conference on to syria now one of the concerns also is that the syrian conflict will widen into
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a broader regional conflict and in fact serial has syria israel rather has responded to this information as well stating the israel interior minister saying. that syria has not yet received the s. three hundred missile system but they do view this as a potential threat to their sovereignty and says that if syria does gain possession of the s. three hundred system that they know how to act in that case so lots of developments coming out of the syrian conflict right now mainly involving russia will go through with old contracts on the s. three hundred missile defense system. john thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update from thomas there. u.k. and france have now opened the door for arms to flow into the hands of the syrian rebels however some states oppose the move saying it would only fuel a conflict this has russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry that in paris to organize syrian peace talks are these are in a has the details to hey go right he said that it's the only way that the u.k.
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sees the lifting of the arms embargo is the only way to end the crisis which has been ripping syria apart for more than two years at this point having said that we have to remember that even the most of the e.u. countries there's a strong disagreement on whether or not it is actually a good idea to lift the arms embargo of countries like sweden netherlands in the czech republic belief that allowing weapons shipments to syria to the syrian rebels will only intensify the bloodshed in the country of course russia has been opposed to this idea all along is truly concerned about where exactly those arms are going to end up then are they actually going to be in the arms of the so-called moderate opposition or will those weapons and up in the hands of some of the rebel groups who are being supported by al qaida terrorists or known to operate in syria ironically well while the e.u. foreign ministers were meeting in brussels the russian foreign minister as well as the u.s. secretary of state were meeting here in paris and their efforts were directed at
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a peaceful resolution of the conflict also go in washington directing most of their efforts to bringing together all sides of the syrian conflict to the table there was the first time that u.s. secretary of state has repeated a phrase that has been used by russia all along and that is that it's it is up to the syrians themselves to solve the syrian crisis they how it does seem like john kerry and sergei lavrov have agreed that they will exert pressure on different sides of the conflict that is moscow will work with the syrian government whereas the u.s. will try and make sure that the syrian opposition also attends the geneva peace conference which is due to take place sometime. next month most go also wants to see so-called third parties participating in the peace talks and by the third parties they're talking about countries like qatar and iran who are not directly involved in any sort of diplomatic resolution of the crossing but are strongly expressing their side in this syrian it crisis of course even though these
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conference efforts are continuing we have to understand that. lifting up the ban on arms embargo to syria is opening an entirely new phase in the syrian conflict it could be spelling out a potential disaster which will only intensify further bloodshed in syria now there are growing concerns where the shipment of arms to the syrian rebels will lead to talk to natalia from the u.k. agency oxfam john thank you very much for joining us here on our t.v. well your agency has warned of devastating consequences if more arms are sent into syria tell us a bit more about what my baby. well the consequences are quite clear days conflict that has been going on for two years. seven million people that are affected. human to need to see civilians women men and children and there have been more than eighty thousand deaths so flooding to conflict bring in cinnamon issues that for
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the we don't seem to solve the conflict. well as we see your group has been advocating bringing arms flotus here under control warning against the risks of weapons used for violation of human rights why hasn't your coals been heard so far well this issue last night from the e.u. for me since we have to up to a point i would calls have been just too although not for the completely wrong even . if you took the no extension of them back up and still they're putting in. this is to check that does the very off. game set to try to yes how to control us so obviously i work on sense about protecting civilians and bad days axxess. you know humanitarian aid to be provided to listen to these specially well
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though obviously we are disappointed that the symbiote was not extended as it is stance so there was a kind of a mixed mixed message that was sent just today by the e.u. basically we have to good news somehow that obviously they're not going to do anything until the first full course of the giving a little bit of time to putting certain conditions which is space welcome and they're putting emphasis on a political solution which we believe actually. should put its weight now did not go so good news that the negative news is that the fake extended by the cities and besides most of you know this eventually effect gets into the kind to confront the conflict will be used to commit human rights violations well in light of what you just sad let's take a look at the position of a and france what risks are they running deciding to arm the rebels well it is not only them i mean we call for the
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how. to be transferred back to cincy yeah we believe that obviously a political solution to. house we found space a conflict of two years and we don't see. the point off you know creating eleven plaguing fields you say we see that the dissemination of we just create more conflict more risk for civilians. and what would offer some like to see done for the people of syria. well definitely people like to see is that we should that all of the warring parties ensure the civilians are protected. access. to the. aid that they can eat and that they're protected because they are suffering the consequences self disco sleeps and should be protected for days. ahead of office of u.k. agency oxfam thanks very much for being with us here on our team by goodbye. well
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as we have just heard there are concerns being voiced across europe over the lifting of the ban they say the arms could easily reach groups fighting in the ranks of the opposition forces allegations of torture and human rights abuses at the hands of the rebels the situation could now deteriorate even further arms supply could hamper any peace initiative and there also fears that more weapons will only fuel the conflict in syria but despite a lifting of the ban anti-war activists richard becker says the arms embargo never stopped western supporters of the opposition. the arms embargo is a bit of a fiction anyway they arms are pouring into the opposition in syria but for coming from qatar and saudi arabia there are undoubtedly be organized by the united states and the other nato powers where they really mean is that they want to send heavier weapons and because the opposition has suffered serious side effects recently
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and so we see an all out push going on as dr post peace conference approaches on both a civil level and the military level to try to strengthen the opposition which is dependent upon really support it's received in from outside otherwise it does not have any hope for victory in turkey be defeated he's cleared at the leading nato powers the us britain and france leading the way and then their allies are client states in the middle east have all joined in this effort and what is really remarkable about it is that we have decided to try and so the concern for some of the for human rights and democracy in syria and qatar united arab emirates saudi arabia jordan these are all family monarchies they are united in their objective than your objective is to bring down a government in syria to replace it with what it would be amenable to u.s.
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interests as tired of the strategy of domination of the middle east. as still a syrian out of journalist loses their a life reporting on a conflict a prominent theory and a war correspondent is killed by rebel sniper fire that he tells online for you at r.t. dot com. and the conflict in syria threatens to go beyond its borders with three lebanese soldiers killed by syrian rebels fears grow all out sectarian war in the region. and i five will. examined by u.k. parliamentary committee that meant mounting revelations that could have prevented the brutal killing of a soldier in london while the british government's planning a battery of measures to track down terrorists with a new task force set up to focus on radical preachers home secretaries also demanding extra powers for a law enforcement agencies as a boy who now reports. the first time the home secretary to reason may propose the
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data and communications bill it came under so much criticism from civil liberties groups and even the deputy prime minister that the government had to scrap plans for its implementation but after the killing of an off duty soldier in south london last wednesday it looks like the so-called snooping. is back in the spotlight paying secretary to resign may says it's essential that police had the power as access data communications in order to tackle terrorism that means being able to view citizens skype histories web browsing and e-mail histories whether or not such a law would have prevented the killing of lee rigby is up for debate both suspects were already known to intelligence agencies for their extremist views but would both deemed safe enough to continue their activities one of the suspects michael odds of a large reportedly handed out extremist literature on the streets of london and was
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even arrested in kenya back in two thousand and ten for trying to travel to somalia in order to train as a terrorist at the same time the home secretary to reason may says that police needs to be given the tools they need in order to fight terrorism but considering that british intelligence had all that information about the willage suspects already many here are questioning why the home office didn't just use the tools they were he had. seen london reports say one of the suspect in the brutal machete killing was considered a low risk by m i five despite numerous warning signs dating back as far as two thousand and three at the time the alleged attacker was a member of an extremist islamic group that was being monitored by a security service and later a banned investigative journalist tony gosselin says more power and money to monitor the population is not the solution. how did these guys who were right at the very top of the terror watch list their x l maturing people how on earth did
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they not get spotted preparing for some kind of terror act what was the car bugged for example this is one question that hasn't been answered m i five are gone very quiet on all these kinds of topics they've got something like four thousand staff m i five and if they can keep an eye on the people who are very top of the watch list then there needs to be a real shake up and heads need to roll there the over some of the security services really needs to be looked at there isn't any proper oversight and what these intelligence services seem to do every time is to hide behind the veil of national security we can't tell you what's going on even the inquiry that's been instituted into the failures of what happened last wednesday is going to be kept entirely secret and i'm afraid it's time for them to come out from under their shells and get a proper looking at so that this kind of thing really can't happen again and they're not going to play this game ok to show you saying we need more money we need more power and we need more surveillance of the general population because they had all the laws they needed to stop these people doing what they did last wednesday you
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don't need any more power whatsoever and i'll play more still to come here on our team calling out familiar state we examine the political infighting and the lynch mobs taking the law into their own hands in egypt or a little has changed since the uprising two years ago after this break. well. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm target market is a big issue. download
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become the judge and jury on the streets are his bell true examines the brutal trend. under a crowd of viciously drugs a young man through a street sets his corpse on fire and strings it up video clips like these have become boringly frequent in brule egypt since the revolution two years ago as citizens increasingly take justice into their own hands almost every son mustapha a thirty one year old civil servant from the nadal to is one such victim he was brutally murdered and hung from a tree in broad daylight. the crowd thought that he was a thief because he's mentally ill the first. came from behind on the back of his head then part of the school was hacked off the second here it was to his chest they caught him open arms sabri story is not unique since the two thousand and eleven revolution have been at least seventeen similar lynchings in this region alone the most high profile victim who was killed last week was the son of
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a leading member of the missing brotherhood's political party security forces for their part say they are unable to control the situation particularly when entire villages are involved in these big mobs rights advocates like karim and nora say they lynchings which are on the rise are symptomatic of the state's continued failure to provide security and justice. entries in cases of lynching and and communal violence in people picking just isn't on. but always a very visible sign of just increasing lack of face into. his level face into the criminal justice system and obviously people in egypt have always had a negative inviting relationship with the police and. very good relationship with with even that has even become worse after the revolution officials from the ruling freedom and justice party and the police admit that the authorities are reluctant to confront suspected mcinnis to fear of backlash however local party leader ahmed
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shah hearts who personally knew one of the victims maintained security is improving post revolution egypt has experienced one of the best revolutions in history the country's being healed very quickly we're almost in a stable situation there will be security we have a plan for the economy and security and reject this is little consolation for the families of victims like. we have seen no justice. the local security chief said just give me one arrest in twenty four hours now was darfur has been dead for fifty days and security director has done nothing. against the backdrop. i skating civil unrest off the revolution many fear that this violence is here to stay and that the worst could be yet to come true for our showcase. now with financial troubles dragging on in europe it's an histories are struggling
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to prop up production which is still over ten percent below the two thousand and eight pre-crisis level while european manufacturers have calm most three point five million jobs since then industrial giants like fear are slower metal and pose you have announced plans closures recently but despite soaring unemployment finding enough skilled engineers in the e.u. appears to be a major problem for companies the volvo group alone said it might need five hundred thousand engineers by twenty twenty five r.t. says our psyllium looks at what's happening in european manufacturing. e.u. manufacturers and industrialists have been voicing their concerns sounding the alarm over what they say is a locker shortage of skilled talent here in europe now this does add another layer to the story of employment or lack thereof here in the bois as the economic crisis continues and then in an interview would be a financial times the c.e.o. of siemens europe's largest engineering group had said of this problem is
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particularly acute and contrie like in germany and in turn this affects their competitiveness which forces them to move substantial parts of their research and development to contras like china and india and all of this is being said as the block is facing record unemployment or we spoke with a research fellow from the eggman institute to give us a bit more insight into what is happening here in europe. well i think it's it has soul to do with the current crisis is the fact that. the industry in europe is receding but it is a long term trend in terms of losing market shares in many countries so just to confirm that the almost twenty seven million i thought if i'm not mistaken unemployed in europe it's still hard to find at least five hundred thousand engineers that they're saying now and thing that the meat skill mismatch as we can call it is a concern but it's only of very a part of the of the problems in southern europe you also have the the custom price competitiveness of of these countries you have the question of the mix of what you
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produce what you can export but certainly yes. skill mismatches and so rightly pointed out thank you very much for that well if you just look at the industrial production numbers are right now in the e.u. with still more than that via ten percent below its pre-crisis high in two thousand and eight but again europe's competitiveness comes to the forefront even more as leaders are still struggling to find a sustainable growth a process out of this economic crisis that are in reporting from brussels on tests or cilia. and i'll take a look at some other stories from around the world more than sixty six people were killed and a hundred and sixty injured in a wave of car bombs and baghdad on monday the attacks targeted shii districts of the iraqi capital while another blast struck in the heart of the city close to a sunni mosque incidents were also reported in other towns iraq's deadly spiral continues with more than three hundred people killed and maimed. officials in the
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u.s. state of texas have identified sunday's concha county killer as marine corps officer esteban smith police say the twenty three year old opened fire on passers by three towns before being killed in a shootout with state troopers one woman was killed and five others wounded in what has been a cold a random pattern of gun violence. thousands of ethnic albanians have rallied in the costume capital prishtina to demand the release of five former rebels accused of war crimes they are suspected of all running in detention centers and orchestrating the abuse and murder of serb roma and o'bannon civilians held there are joining other war fifteen years ago the former militants including a local mayor as well as cost of us ambassador to will be. more stories on our website twenty four seven including a un ahead says the guantanamo bay prison breeds all kinds of contempt its human
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rights chief goes on record saying the detention center is an ideal recruitment tool for terrorists this as a hunger strike there and it's hundred and eleven today had to r.t. dot com for more. for you also go to our youtube channel to see more of this incredible footage of construction chaos. and now off to the baikonur cosmodrome castle stand were to use rory says she is following the final preparations of the next mission to get ready for blast off. we're not that far off from the russian soyuz of blasting a traditional three man crew up to the i assess it to be led by the russian commander in chief backed up by the american. second time the i assess but new come. from the european space agency is first time to the orbiting space but he's got at least two spacewalks to do one to try and repair a camera on japan's keep but also to try and repair the i assess for the hopeful
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soon arrival of. the multipurpose laboratory module as well now our karen nyberg the american astronaut her second time to the i assess to spend six months or so away from her husband and a little three year old boy as well but not to worry they'll be having what they call daily internet protocol phone calls so she can chat with her family and once we do a live video conference call so the blast off is twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday that will actually be a two thirty am launch on the wednesday from baikonur with a dark sky the late night launch it should be a backdrop for such a launch indeed and only full orbits after launch for orbits around planet earth than a six hour flight to the i assess to meet the remaining three members of expedition thirty six that have been on the i assess for quite some time at a height of three hundred twenty kilometers above our heads a speed of nearly twenty eight thousand kilometers per hour it's going to be a wild ride an incredible view as well do join us here on r.t.
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the live broadcast with the rule re sushi at twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday reporting here. hope to see you. well up next guns murder and to music back to use the star in the jazz band hijacking now on our team. a u.s. senate committee has passed a bill that if signed by obama will allow the u.s. to put a lot of weapons into the hands of syrian rebels this seems rather odd because many of the factions that are revolting seem like bad people to be arming in fact one rebel faction al nasra which according to the guardian is an islamist organization with links to al qaeda is quickly becoming the most powerful rebel faction of all of them the b.b.c. even declared that al nasra has been designated as
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a terrorist organization by the us government itself has it started something like a bad idea to ship weapons into syria on american taxpayers' dollars yet let's just pretend that somehow all these weapons will magically not fall into the hands of al nasra well the free syrian army is that much better they seem perfectly happy to use rape and beheadings and genocide against christian alawite minorities with great glee to get what they want arming radical groups always has blowback if you remember back to just the one nine hundred eighty s. the u.s. funded and armed the taliban and those mujahedeen fighter guys and look how that turned out the u.s. government seems way too eager to arm radical foreigners and disarm average americans when they should be doing the exact opposite but that's just my opinion.
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crew reported to ground control that the hijacked. passenger. and many had. been hijacked by a family of. the children.

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